Erin Fox

Aug 10, 2024 | knowridge.com | Erin Fox |Kara Gavin

This article was originally published in February 2023 and was updated August 7, 2024 to reflect the 2024 Lancet Commission report, which adds vision loss and LDL cholesterol as risk factors. Dementia affects millions of Americans — including nearly one in 10 adults over age 65. While the causes of different dementias vary, a 2024 report from a Lancet Commission identified several modifiable risk factors that together account for around 40% of dementia worldwide.

Jul 30, 2024 | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Ross Davenport |Nicola Curry |Erin Fox |Helen Thomas

IMPORTANCE: Critical bleeding is associated with a high mortality rate in patients with trauma. Hemorrhage is exacerbated by a complex derangement of coagulation, including an acute fibrinogen deficiency. Management is fibrinogen replacement with cryoprecipitate transfusions or fibrinogen concentrate, usually administered relatively late during hemorrhage.